Hit the road with Marta

Hello Everyone! Finally yet importantly of my adventures is Bari was spend in the most interesting city I have ever visited. It was called Matera and is one of the oldest human settlements in the history of mankind, established around 10 th millennium BC. Whole city is built on the cliffs of a canyon formed around the Gravina River. From one side of the canyon you can see caves dug in stone that once were homes of people thousands years ago. Most of the historical part of the city is very interestingly build. Houses are caves carved in the face of the stone wall with façade made of decorated limestone. Even thou the city looks beautiful, the conditions to live are very hard.  Up to second half of the 20 th century, the government in Rome had no idea of its existence. Only due to statistical office, the word about the city came to public knowledge, as a place with gigantic mortality among infants. After that, public services installed pluming and off...

Hello Everyone! The very first place in Apulia, that I visited, was a very small city called Alberobello, what means “a beautiful tree”. It is a very old village mostly inhabited by local families with amazing architecture. Almost every building in the city is shaped like a cone made of raw limestone, with dark, spiky roof. These buildings are called Trulli. The history of the city reaches to 17 th century. It was a small village whose lord decided to force his people to build a temporary, raw houses, to avoid taxation, that was charged for every family living in brick houses. This weird tradition lasted to this day. The most beautiful thing in Apulia is of course its shoreline with amazing beaches. Thanks to the soil rich in limestone and sandstone, the water formed a lot of very impressive cliffs and natural constructions. One of the most surprising is Grotta della Poesia.  It is a massive cave in the middle of the land, close to the shore. It was formed b...

Hello Everyone! I would like to invite You to a new series of a few posts about my wonderful journey to Bari in Apulia, Italy. I will tell you about amazing sights and historical structures that I have had a pleasure to admire. First, this post is about the most important thing in every adventure – food. Apulia has amazing culinary, that you are going to taste every day. Let’s start. The most basic dish in Bari, which you can spot on every bakery, is also the tastiest.   Focaccia is a pizza-like pancake, made of fluffy dough similar to donut, with little to none topping, mostly tomatoes, olives and oil. It is very filling and a pleasure to eat. I had a focaccia almost every second breakfast. One of wonders in Italy and especially Bari, are all servings focused on cheese. My personal favourite was Panzerotti, a very big dumpling, similar to calzone, but filled to the brim with mozzarella cheese and sometimes ham. It is always served burning hot with all t...

Hello Everyone! At the end of the topic about Norse mythology I will explain to you what  Ragnarök  is.   Ragnarök  - the  fate  of the  gods  ( Götterdämmerung ). In  mythological   imaginations ,  it   is   supposed  to be a  great   fight   between   gods  and  giants   led  by Loki, as a  result  of  which  the  world  and Asgard, the seat of the  gods ,  will   consume   fire ,  all   stars   will  go out, and the  great   sea   will   flood  the Earth.  Eventually  a  new   world   will   emerge  from  this   depth  and  an  era of  happiness   without   violence  and  wars   will   follow .   And this is how the end of the world is to come   1.  Two...